Susan Bogosian Laughlin (March 16, 1932 – June 27, 2020) was a
Democratic member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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Formative years
Born in
Sewickley, Pennsylvania
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on March 16, 1932, Susan Bogosian was a daughter of Misag and Lucie Bogosian. In 1950, she graduated from
Ambridge Area High School.
She was married to former Pennsylvania House of Representatives member
Charles P. Laughlin
Charles P. Laughlin was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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, a longtime consumer affairs advocate. He preceded her in death in 1988. They were the parents of one son and one daughter; her daughter, Sally Ann Laughlin, also preceded her in death.
Political and public service career
A member of the Beaver County Democratic Women's Club, Laughlin was first elected to represent the
16th legislative district in the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts.
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in 1988, following the death of her husband, Rep. Charles Laughlin, who had died in office while representing the same district. Reelected to seven additional, consecutive terms, she did not run again after that, choosing instead to retire prior to the
2004 elections
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In 2004, she was elected as a delegate to the
Democratic National Convention
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Death and interment
Laughlin died at the age of eighty-eight in
Conway, Pennsylvania
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on June 27, 2020. She was interred at the Beaver Cemetery and Mausoleum in
Beaver, Pennsylvania.
Susan Laughlin-obituary
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References
External links
* official PA House profile (archived)
* official Party website (archived)
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1932 births
2020 deaths
People from Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Democratic Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Pennsylvania
21st-century American women